Alumni News

List of 3 news stories.

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  Alumni Spotlight: Recent Alum Continues with Journalism at Vassar

  10/23/2025
  Tandem alum Eli Lerdau (TFS '25) took his passion for hard-hitting editorials and journalism with him to Vassar College this fall. While at Tandem, Eli served as an editor for student newspaper The Tandem Times, and was a regular contributor of editorial pieces to local paper The Daily Progress, which paper printed several of his editorials last year and even put his name in the headline for this one on Trump's actions against universities and this one on ICE activity in Charlottesville. Eli recently had this really well written piece about academic freedom and higher education with a focus on Jim Ryan's ouster at UVa published in the Vassar student paper, The Miscellany News. Eli was in Charlottesville for a fall visit and stopped by campus this week. Keep sharing your powerful voice, Eli (wearing a nametag in the photo)!
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  Student Emphasis Film Made by Class of '25 Alums Featured in Showcase

  10/3/2025
  The film ANGER MANAGEMENT, created by Class of 2025 alums Alex G, Emory G, Grayson H, and Sawyer R during the Light House Studio/Tandem Emphasis collaboration last spring, will be featured in the Light House showcase at the Virginia Film Festival! The showcase, Light House Studio Shorts, happens on Wednesday, October 22 at 5:15 PM at Violet Crown Cinemas - Theater 5. This is a free, unticketed event, but please RSVP here. The screening runs approximately 90 minutes, and will be followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers and a vote for the audience's favorite film. Anger Management was filmed on campus in the Blue Room and Admissions Office. We're proud to have this student-created film in this selection of some of the year's best Light House work. 
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  Class of 1975 50th Reunion

  4/30/2025
  The Class of 1975 celebrated their 50th Reunion on April 25 and 26, spending time together on campus and with current students, having dinner together at The Fitzroy, and a few returned on Saturday morning to complete a tour. Classmates Milo Velimirovic and Peter Haviland served as Upper School Speaker Series guests on Friday, sharing about things like: early electronics classes that led to careers in programming; rappelling down the Main Building; the "virtue of laziness;" having free periods and learning to manage your time; a newspaper class with Duncan Alling. They reminisced about the early days of Tandem, when clubs and activities weren't formalized, but would just spring up when there was interest. The Speaker Series was a nice give and take between students and alums. The Class of 1975 also welcomed friends from the Classes of 1973, 1974 and 1976 as well as co-founder John Howard to join them for a reception in the Blue Room on the first evening. They were also good sports about trying to recreate their class photo in front of the Main Building.